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Rob Portman: “The threats we face as a nation, unfortunately, are not diminishing based on our fiscal problems.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2012
The threats we face as a nation, unfortunately, are not diminishing based on our fiscal problems.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman warns that national threats persist despite fiscal challenges.

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